NATURE

French Ecology Minister Barbara Pompili also said the country will no longer build any new aquariums in the future

Australian authorities race against time to save what is left of 270 stranded pilot whales that are stuck in relatively inaccessible locations.

Scientists baffled by the string of unusual activity exhibited by the mammals near Portugal and Spain.

A witness recounted the attack saying the surfer was bitten across the upper leg with much of it chomped off.

Gooseneck Barnacles are quite the delicacy in countries such as Portugal and Spain known to locals as percebes

The singing canines sound like humpback whales and possess flexible joints that enable them to jump and leap like cats.

Crew members of US Coast Guard Cutter Kimball encountered a Fin Mako shark during a swim call

In 2017, the pair of felines broke out of their paddock and attacked a local who was collecting wood near the area.

The device – developed by researchers from Cambridge – can reportedly produce carbon-neutral fuel and is perhaps the eventual solution to global warming.

Under the US-China agreement, the National Zoo pays $500,000 per year towards panda conservation efforts in China.

Paleontologists believe the ichthyosaur died shorty after consuming its last meal due to a broken neck

Superstitious locals insist on burying the body and head of the crocodile separately alongside a special ritual believing it is an evil spirit

A pair of 21-year-old zoo lions known for their public displays of affection and loyal companionship for 6 years cross the rainbow bridge together.

The basking shark that kept trying to beach itself was euthanised after a poor prognosis.

The shark repeatedly attacked the sick whale for over an hour, eventually drowning it.

Researchers are baffled at the deaths of elephants in Botswana as the cause remains unknown.

Villagers tried to save the boy by hacking the seven-meter long snake with machetes.

Around 50 years ago, there were only two males and 12 females of Diego's species alive on Espanola.

An investigation has been launched to find and charge the villagers responsible for the crime after the national outcry over the incident.

Hippos and crocodiles have attacked and killed people living in counties close to Lake Victoria.

Two inebriated pachyderms were photographed snoozing in a tea garden after a wild bender.

The population of rare white giraffes has been reduced to a single male after a mother and calf were killed in Kenya.

These microbes were reportedly discovered more than three decades ago, along the shores of the Potomac River.

Dozens of flights have been cancelled or delayed and rail companies have urged passengers not to travel.

Forest officers found the partially eaten corpse of a 5-year-old boy who was reported missing, a lioness with two cubs is suspected to be the killer.

Finnish hobbyists accidentally discover new types of the aurora that resemble dunes on sandy beaches.

These might be one of the youngest sharks to evolve.

A coyote that had attacked a woman and her dogs was strangled to death by a man when it tried to snatch his son.

This widespread destruction has left rescuers with a tricky proposition -- what to do with the animals once they have recovered.